Freddie Mercury was born Farrokh Bulsara on Thursday September 5th 1946 on the small spice island of Zanzibar. In 1954, at the age of eight, Freddie was shipped to St Peter's English boarding school in Panchgani, about fifty miles outside Bombay. It was there his friends began to call him Freddie, a name the family also adopted.In 1971 John Deacon the final memeber joined the band and Queen were complete. At the same time Freddy decided to change his last name to Mercury. Freddie designed the band's logo using their birth signs: two fairies for him (Virgin), two lions for Roger Taylor and John (Leo) and a crab for Brian May(Cancer).October 8th was the last time Freddie Mercury performed on stage. At the time, he was terribly ill with AIDS, although he didn't want people to know about it. He announced that fact the day before he died.On November 24th, 1991 Freddie died peacefully at his home in London of AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia.Queen Together with Freddy rocked the world for two decades!! This site is dedicated to the great Freddy Mercury who will forever be in our hearts!!!
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